How does it feel to die?

This article takes the guess work out of death. How does it feel to drown? How long does it take? Is Lethal Injection painless? Do you die from strangulation or from a broken neck?

This article explains the most common ways to die, what it likely feels like and how long it takes in most cases.

clipped from www.newscientist.com Death special: How does it feel to die? Drowning The “surface struggle” for breath Heart attack One of the most common forms of exit Bleeding to death Several stages of haemorrhagic shock Fire It’s usually the toxic gases that prove lethal Decapitation Nearly instantaneous Electrocution The heart and the brain are most vulnerable Fall from a height If possible aim to land feet first Hanging Speed of death depends on the hangman’s skill Lethal injection US-government approved, but is it really painless? Explosive decompression It takes your breath away

Do animals have emotions?

A nice article with some example of why some people believe that animals have emotions.

clipped from www.newscientist.com Do animals have emotions? Spite After a fight in which he trounced another young male, Reuben, the latter retreated with “his ass up in the air”, a sign of submission. Instead of letting him be, Nick slashed Reuben’s rump with his canines. “He harassed the females, swatted at kids and bullied ancient Gums and Limp,” writes Sapolsky. One day, Nick took exception to a female baboon, Ruth. When threatened by a male, a female usually runs up a tree and to the end of a flimsy branch, where the heavier male cannot follow her. “So Ruth gallops up the tree, Nick after her, and Ruth leaps out to a safe edge,” Sapolsky recounts. “Nick promptly climbs onto a stronger, thicker branch directly above her. And then urinates on her head.”